On Mon, 5 Sep 2016, SF Markus Elfring wrote: > From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: Mon, 5 Sep 2016 08:30:20 +0200 > > * A multiplication for the size determination of a memory allocation > indicated that an array data structure should be processed. > Thus use the corresponding function "kmalloc_array". > > This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software. > > * Replace the specification of a data type by a pointer dereference > to make the corresponding size determination a bit safer according to > the Linux coding style convention. > > * Move a calculation for one function call. > > Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c | 9 ++++++--- > 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c b/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c > index 3878725..36cf27e 100644 > --- a/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c > +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c > @@ -349,9 +349,12 @@ static void __init smp_init_package_map(void) > * package can be smaller than the actual used apic ids. > */ > max_physical_pkg_id = DIV_ROUND_UP(MAX_LOCAL_APIC, ncpus); > - size = max_physical_pkg_id * sizeof(unsigned int); > - physical_to_logical_pkg = kmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL); > - memset(physical_to_logical_pkg, 0xff, size); > + physical_to_logical_pkg = kmalloc_array(max_physical_pkg_id, > + sizeof(*physical_to_logical_pkg), > + GFP_KERNEL); > + memset(physical_to_logical_pkg, > + 0xff, > + sizeof(*physical_to_logical_pkg) * max_physical_pkg_id); Why are you replacing well readable code by this line breaked crap? Stop acting like a shell script or we might replace you by one. Thanks, tglx -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kernel-janitors" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html